Black as a Coconut and White as a Tusk: African Materials and European Displays of Christ Before Columbus
This article offers a brief examination of race, religion, and colonialism in medieval and early modern Europe by considering carved coconut chalices and ivories commissioned in continental Europe between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries as well as literary evidence from courtly romance. I arg...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2014
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2014, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 395-408 |
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medieval ivories
B Jesus Christ B coconut cups B medieval Africa |
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